Book Title: Jaina Granth Bhandars in Rajasthan
Author(s): Kasturchand Kasliwal
Publisher: Digambar Jain Atishay Kshetra Mandir

Previous | Next

Page 124
________________ 104 1 are manuscripts on Carita, Purana, Kathā and Natak. The works written by non-Jaina authors are also in good number and such old manuscripts written on palm leaves are not easily available even in the non-Jaina Bhandars. We find the Manuscripts of Kuvalaya-Mālā, Kavya-Mimänsä by Raja Sekhar, Kavya-Darśa by Someswar Bhatta, Kavya Prakasa by Mammața and Naisadha Carita by Sri Harśa copied in the 12th and 13th century. The total number of paper manuscripts are 1704. They are not preserved as individual manuscript but in Pothis which may be called Guṭakās. On paper also there are old manuscripts. Some of the important manuscripts preserved in the Grantha Bhandar are as follows 1 Jaina Grantha Bhandars in Rajasthan. 2. Pauma Cariya :-Composed by Vimala Suri. It is a Mahākāvya written in Prakrit. The manuscript is on palm leaves and was copied in the year 1141 A.D.1 Candraprabha Swami Caritra-by Yasodeva Suri. It is in Prakrit and was composed by the author in the year 1121 A. D The manuscript was copied in the year 1160 A.D. 3. Hitopadesämritam-composed by Paramanand Suri in Prakrit language. The total Gathas are 520 and the manuscript is dated Samvat 1310 (1253 A.D.). 4. Vasudeva Hindi-by Sanghadása Vacak written in Prakrit and deals with the life of Vasudeva3 The manuscript is rare one. 5. Sūnuinātha Caritam by Devacandra Sūri. The manuscript was written in the year 1103 A. D. This is also a rare manuscript. The work is in Prakrit prose and poem. } सवत् १२१७ चैत्र बदि ६ बुधो छ। ब्रह्मागागच्छे प० श्रमयकुमारस्य । 2. संवत् ११३८ कार्तिक यदि १३ || || महाराजाधिराजश्रीजयसिंह देवविजयराज्ये भृगुकच्छसमवस्थितेन लिखितेयं सिल्लरगेन ||छ । 3. बसुदेव हिडि प्रथम खण्डं संघदासवाचककृतम् । शान्तिरित प्राकृतगद्यपद्यमयं ११५० वर्ष हेमसरिगुरुदेव चन्द्रसूरीयम् । 4.

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394